Islamophobia Legal Assistance Hotline

Free confidential legal advice if you feel that you have been discriminated against, harassed, or faced violence because you are Muslim or are perceived to be Muslim.

What is Islamophobia?

Have you been treated differently and badly because you are Muslim or perceived to be Muslim?

Islamophobia can be experienced in many different ways. These are just some examples:

• Harassment

• Violence

• Profiling

• Discrimination

• Exclusion

• Refusal of service

• Property destruction

• Threats

• Bullying

If you have experienced or witnessed Islamophobia, call our number for help and information.

About

We are a group of lawyers and legal organizations in Vancouver who have come together to provide our support to Muslims or those perceived to be Muslims in BC who have been or could be the subject of discrimination and attacks. We want those who have suffered from these various forms of discrimination because of their faith and/or racial background to know that there are lawyers in BC who are committed to assisting with the difficult task of holding those who commit such acts to account by our legal institutions.

Access Probono has set up a hotline where people can call on a confidential basis to speak to a lawyer about possible discrimination claims or hate crimes for no charge. We will also be documenting, without identifying information, the types of issues that are being reported through this hotline.

Supporting Organizations

Resources

Victim Support Services

Free & Sliding Scale Counseling

Community Based Victim Services

Multilingual Legal Resources

If you are a victim of a hate crime, or have witnessed a hate crime, help is available through victim services and other resources.

Speak to a Victim Service Worker by calling VictimLink BC at 1-800-563-0808 (confidential and multilingual)

A new hotline is being launched in Vancouver as a response to an increase in the number of racial and faith based attacks against Muslims in Canada. The hotline is to support people who experience discrimination or fear of violence because of their association to Islam.

People of the Islamic faith who feel discriminated against in B.C. now have a way to make their concerns known. An Islamophobia Legal Assistance Hotline was launched by members of Vancouver’s legal community this morning

Legal groups and lawyers in Vancouver have banded together to launch a hotline for Muslims who have faced discrimination in British Columbia because of their religion. The Islamophobia Legal Assistance Hotline is supported by various organizations including the B.C. Civil Liberties Association, the B.C. branch of the Canadian Bar Association and groups that represent black, Asian and South Asian lawyers

Free confidential legal advice if you feel that you have been discriminated, harassed, or faced violence because you are Muslim or were perceived to be Muslim.